As the main highlight of the 8th APR Scout Youth Forum was the election of new batch of the Young Adult Members Group (YAMG) for the period of 2015-2018. Youth forum participants elected six representatives of the YAMG: Mr. Mori CHENG Chi-Kin (Hong...

Last August, the 7th Africa Scout Youth Forum elected six new Youth Advisors to represent the voice of African Scouts – Pamela Akplogan Monbolade Urchelle (Benin), Solomon Idopise Etim (Nigeria), Christa Anita Sophie Marie (Seychelles), Jean Cedric...

“Dialogue doesn’t have the pressure (of having) to solve a problem. It is (about) the willingness to learn from another person or party. It is part of conflict resolution and peacebuilding,” said Anas Alabbadi, Programmes Officer and trainer with the...

Meeting with staff in the World Scout Bureau Geneva Support Centre, Geneva, Derek Pollard, Chairperson of the Eric Frank Trust, recalled how Hans Eric Frank, born in Austria in 1921 was sent at age 17 to England as a refugee where he became both a...

Right before the National Conference of the National Scout Association of Moldova (NSA Moldova), on the 29-30 October, took place at Vadul lui Voda, Moldova- the national seminar “The Essential Characteristics of Scouting”. Viorica Harea, responsible...

This “sort, reduce, recycle” project aimed to reduce pollution by emphasising on the importance of sorting out and recycling waste, and how the community can play an important role in sustainable development. It also promoted partnerships between the...

Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (28): a training course offered by IICoS in France Nadine Lyamouri-Bajja, from IICoS and one of the workshop facilitators at the upcoming...

The 9th UNESCO Youth Forum, themed “Young Global Citizens for a Sustainable Planet”, convened in Paris on 26 October. The three-day forum gathered more than 500 young men and women from around the world. The World Organization of the Scout Movement...

The Asia-Pacific Regional Course for Leader Trainers 2015 officially kicked off at Suncheon Asia-Pacific Scout Centre in Suncheon, Korea. There are 13 NSOs with 33 participants (including 9 female members) and 13 training team members from Australia...